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Hi all finally got a date for surgery 29th January! Been crying all day it’s all getting to me had biopsy an examination yesterday..got to take my anal canal an back of my vagina away but can rebuild my vagina! I’m so constipated it hurts have taken stuff...
So so happy that I have finally (after a very long and anxiety filled wait) received the results from my 4 year scan - and all good!! Can't tell you how relieved I feel. Apparently this is the last scan now, with just a consultant check up in a year...
Hi Guys Hope and pray you guys are feeling the best you can under these difficult times. As a result of my excision/biopsy result for SCC in the Anal Margin I had a MRI and CT scan on 8th December. I don’t know if this is good advice but I hadn...
Hi All, I haven't been on her for such a long time. Anyway long story short. I was diagnosed November 2021 had the usual chemo/radio which cleared the anal/vagina/lymph nodes. Showed a spread to my clavicle and a couple more lymph nodes. I had carboplatin...
Firstly iv had my op 18 months ago just want to try and help someone who feels so lost and confused about all the issues that this bomb shell affect's. Ill tell the truth but of course not a doctor Again bare with me and ask away ill try my best. PS thank...
Hi all, whatever I do I can’t get my heat around having surgery an my anal canal removed plus having a stoma I’m so worried about it?? Post op an after the op, no idea what to do or think anymore
Morning all Just posting for a bit of reassurance following my treatment starting this week. I was fine for the first two days but now got a but of nausea which I can cope with. The worst thing that I'm experiencing at the minute is being extremely...
Evening all. I have a problem and we all know when something different happens we start to worry. 28 months and feeling positive and then bam what’s happening. I noticed ten days ago I was feeling sore due to having a bout of very loose bowels. A small...
I am new to the group so hi to you all. I am about to start my treatment straight after Christmas. 28days Chemoradiation. I'm obviously feeling nervous about it, lots going on in my head. I am trying to get my head round finishing work at Christmas until...
Hi all , I have been reading these blogs since I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in July. It has been a long journey since I was referred by my GP in June. I was given an appointment for a proctoscopy by the doctor working for the consultant at the hospital...
